SHIBBOLETH: Thoughts on life and faith

This Moment: A Friday Tradition (No.16)

A single photo – no words – capturing a simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savour and remember – this one a picture of Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani who is on death row in Iran for being a Christian! Please pray for him and for more information and how you can help please visit CSW’s website here!

I have been following this story since I first heard about it a few months ago. My prayers for Yousef and his family are ongoing. Thank you for bringing this to the attention of your readers. We, in the West, need to realize that our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world face great tribulations. For Yousef, he will soon be in the presence of the Lord – no tears, no hate, no pain. Our faith will take us to be with him one day; until then, may God bless each of us with a heart to love others.

I’m currently reading:

"[Christian rebellion] arises from the doctrine of mankind made in the image of God, and therefore protests against all forms of dehumanization. It sets itself against the social injustices which insult God the Creator, seeks to protect human beings from oppression and longs to liberate them… it protests against every authoritarian regime, whether of the left or of the right, which discriminates against minorities, denies people their civil rights, forbids the free expression of opinions or imprisons people for their views alone."— John Stott